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Visa guides and explainers
Written the way we actually assess a matter: what the visa is, the factors that decide it, and what typically goes wrong. General information, not advice.
Visa subclasses
Subclass 186
Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa
How the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa works: its three streams, and the factors a Registered Migration Agent assesses before a case is built.
Subclass 190
Skilled Nominated visa
How the subclass 190 Skilled Nominated visa works: state nomination, the points test, invitation mechanics, and how it compares to 189 and 491.
Subclass 417
Working Holiday visa
How the Working Holiday visa works: the six month work limitation, second and third visa requirements, and the factors a Registered Migration Agent assesses before a case is built.
Subclass 482
Skills in Demand visa
How the Skills in Demand visa works: sponsorship, nomination, streams, and the factors a Registered Migration Agent assesses before a case is built.
Subclass 485
Temporary Graduate visa
How the Temporary Graduate visa works: study and timing rules, the current streams, and what a Registered Migration Agent checks before a case is built.
Subclass 491
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa
How the subclass 491 regional visa works: nomination routes, the points test, the regional-area condition, and the path to subclass 191.
Subclass 500
Student visa (subclass 500)
What the subclass 500 Student visa covers, the Genuine Student requirement that replaced GTE, and the criteria a migration agent assesses before lodgement.
Subclass 600
Visitor visa (subclass 600)
What the subclass 600 Visitor visa streams cover, the genuine visitor test, condition 8503, and the criteria a migration agent checks before lodgement.
Constraint explainers
Most refused or stalled applications trace back to one of these five. Each explainer covers how the constraint works and the questions an agent asks about it.
Health and character requirements: PIC 4005, PIC 4007, and the character test
How the health criteria (PIC 4005 and 4007) and the section 501 character test work, when a waiver is available, and how an agent assesses this in a case.
Public Interest Criterion 4020: bogus documents and false information
How Public Interest Criterion 4020 works, the exclusion periods it triggers, when a waiver applies, and how an agent assesses this risk in a case.
Skills assessments for migration: why occupation choice decides everything
How skills assessments work in General Skilled Migration, which authority assesses which occupation, and the failure patterns a Registered Migration Agent watches for.
The section 48 bar: what it stops you applying for onshore
The section 48 bar under the Migration Act stops most onshore visa applications after a refusal or cancellation. Here is how it works and what agents check.
The skilled migration points test: how the 189, 190 and 491 are actually scored
How the Schedule 6D points test scores age, English, employment, qualifications, partner and nomination factors, and where the count typically goes wrong.
Where this fits your circumstances is a consultation question
A Registered Migration Agent assesses your position against current law and gives you a written pathway before you commit to anything.